Knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding malaria control among the slash and burn cultivators in Rangamati Hill tracts of Bangladesh
This article was published in the BMC Malaria Journal [© The Author(s) 2019. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)] and the definite version is available at: https://doi.org/10.1186/s129...
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10361-164902022-03-30T21:01:41Z Knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding malaria control among the slash and burn cultivators in Rangamati Hill tracts of Bangladesh Saha, Avijit Sarker, Malabika Kabir, Moktadir Lu, Guangyu Müller, Olaf Brac James P. Grant School of Public Health KAP study Malaria Slash and burn cultivator Risk factors Bangladesh This article was published in the BMC Malaria Journal [© The Author(s) 2019. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)] and the definite version is available at: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-019-2849-0 The Journal's website is at: https://malariajournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12936-019-2849-0#citeas Abstract Background: Slash and burn cultivators are a signifcant risk group for malaria in South-East Asia. As envisaged in the National Strategic Plan for Malaria Elimination, Bangladesh aims to achieve zero indigenous malaria transmission by 2030. For the national plan to move from malaria control to malaria elimination, targeting the population of slash and burn cultivators is of overriding importance. Methods: The study used an explorative mixed method design to investigate the knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) regarding malaria prevention and treatment in an endemic area of Bangladesh. Adult slash and burn cultivators in two sub-districts of the Rangamati District were selected and interviewed. Four focus group discussions were conducted, and this was followed by a cross-sectional quantitative survey with 200 participants. Results: The respondents’ general knowledge about malaria transmission and modes of prevention and treatment was good. However, there were some gaps regarding knowledge about specifc aspects of malaria transmission and in particular about the increased risk associated with their occupation. Despite a much-reduced incidence of malaria in the study area, the respondents perceived the disease as life-threatening and knew that it needs rapid attention from a health worker. Moreover, the specifc services ofered by the local community health workers for malaria diagnosis and treatment were highly appreciated. Finally, the use of insecticide-treated mosquito nets (ITN) was considered as important and this intervention was uniformly stated as the main malaria prevention method. Conclusions: The fndings from this study on promising KAP characteristics in the slash and burn cultivator population are reassuring that the goal of malaria elimination by the year 2030 can be achieved in Bangladesh. Published 2022-03-30T06:53:11Z 2022-03-30T06:53:11Z 2019 2019-06-25 Journal Article Saha, A., Sarker, M., Kabir, M., Lu, G., & Müller, O. (2019). Knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding malaria control among the slash and burn cultivators in Rangamati hill tracts of Bangladesh. Malaria Journal, 18(1) doi:10.1186/s12936-019-2849-0 http://hdl.handle.net/10361/16490 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-019-2849-0 en_US https://malariajournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12936-019-2849-0#citeas Malaria Journal application/pdf BMC |
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This article was published in the BMC Malaria Journal [© The Author(s) 2019. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)] and the definite version is available at: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-019-2849-0 The Journal's website is at: https://malariajournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12936-019-2849-0#citeas |
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Knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding malaria control among the slash and burn cultivators in Rangamati Hill tracts of Bangladesh |
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Knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding malaria control among the slash and burn cultivators in Rangamati Hill tracts of Bangladesh |
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Knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding malaria control among the slash and burn cultivators in Rangamati Hill tracts of Bangladesh |
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Knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding malaria control among the slash and burn cultivators in Rangamati Hill tracts of Bangladesh |
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